Choppers to pick up FARC hostages
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Undated file pictures of former Colombian lawmakers held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, from left to right and top to bottom, Orlando Beltran Cuellar, Gloria Polanco de Lozada, Jorge Gechem and Luis Eladio Perez.
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KMT pushes tax act amendment
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Premier Chang Chun-hsiung, left, shakes hands with Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng during their meeting in Taipei yesterday.
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North Korea and US in harmonious exchange
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Lorin Maazel, music director of the New York Philharmonic, center, answers a reporter's questions upon his arrival at Incheon International Airport, South Korea, yesterday.
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Annan to talk with Kibaki, Odinga
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Displaced Kenyans sit in a field in the Western Province on Tuesday after their homes were burned in fights between rival tribes. The group arrived at another village, where they were asked to wait while the small community prepared their homes to accommodate them. The Massai community has seen their long standing dispute with the Kalenjin tribe over land develop into warfare.
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Clinton, Obama clash in Ohio debate
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Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama look out at the audience after a Democratic debate at the Wolstein Center on Cleveland State University campus in Ohio on Tuesday.
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A capitalist jolt for an educational charity
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China smash rivals at table tennis competition
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In this series of photos from the Table Tennis World Championships in Guangzhou, China, yesterday, clockwise from the top, Japan's Fukuhara Ai returns a shot against France's Dessaint Aurore, Austria's Daniel Habesohn serves against China's Ma Long, Spain's He Zhi Wen serves against Konstantinos Papageorgiou of Greece, Sweden's Marie Persson returns a shot to China's Zhang Yining and the Netherlands' Elena Timina celebrates victory against Laura Negrisoli of Italy.
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David Beckham anxious to achieve match fitness
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David Beckham arrives with his team, the Los Angeles Galaxy, at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Tuesday.
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NBA: Miami snap 11-game losing skid
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Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, rear, blocks a shot by the New Jersey Nets' Marcus Williams during the first quarter of their NBA game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Tuesday night.
PHOTO: AP
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Iditarod tests oil field technology to track mushers
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Musher Lance Mackey pets his dogs as he prepares to leave the Pelly Crossing checkpoint on Feb. 18 during the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race in Canada. Mackey won the race in 10 days, 14 hours and 14 minutes.
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Team Taiwan earns first win as Elephants stumble
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Elephants starter Liao Yu-cheng pitches against Team Taiwan in Taichung yesterday. Team Taiwan won 9-5.
PHOTO: CHAN CHAO-YANG, TAIPEI TIMES
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Czech teen shocks Venus
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Amelie Mauresmo of France returns the ball to Medina Garrigues of Spain during the Dubai Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday.
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Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic celebrates her upset victory over Venus Williams of the US in Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday.
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Chinese fear Yao injury may ruin medal dreams
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Houston Rockets center Yao Ming speaks at a press conference in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday after it was announced he would not play for the rest of the NBA season because of a stress fracture in his left foot.
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Asian rookies thrill at US LPGA season debut
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Tseng Ya-ni of Taiwan tees off during her second round at the Australian Ladies Masters golf tournament on Australia's Gold Coast on Feb. 9.
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Venus allowed on the Underground 「維納斯」重現地鐵站
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An employee of Frankfurt's Stadel Museum holds the painting Venus, 1532, by German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder on Nov. 19, 2007, in Frankfurt, Germany.
一位員工在德國法蘭克福的博物館，捧著德國畫家盧卡斯:克拉納赫一五三二年畫的女神「維納斯」，照片攝於去年十一月十九日。 （照片︰法新社）
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The anti-theft laptop 「防盜」筆電最安全！
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A woman works on her laptop at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 13, 2008.
一位女士於二月十三日，在西班牙巴塞隆納的「世界行動通訊大會」上使用筆電。
(照片：法新社)
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Acapulco: take two
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Las Brisas hotel's beach club cabana
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Inside the Becco al Mare restaurant
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The famous La Quebrada cliff divers
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The 18th-century walls of the Fort of San Diego
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A view of the hotel's club from the ocean.
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